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>> i do expect the defense would say -- it's called a defense of diminished capacity, yeah, he did this, but wasn't of clear mind when he did it, led along by somebody else, somebody else was actually controlling his will, not in a zombie-like way, but because of his relationship to his brother. will it work? depends on the jury. if it does work, it would save him from execution. he could still be convicted of some lesser offense than use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, but he'd go to jail for the rest of his life rather than be executed. >> mike: i can only imagine the outrage in this country if this guy were to get anything less than a death sentence for what he did. does it matter in the hours following this vicious attack he went to work out at the fitness center, he went -- slept in his dorm, he tweeted and connected with social media. does that not kind of indicate this guy is really cold-blooded? >> you know, it cuts both ways, governor. sometimes the absence of remorse shows you didn't do anything wrong. other times the absence of remorse shows you're a cold-bloo
>> i do expect the defense would say -- it's called a defense of diminished capacity, yeah, he did this, but wasn't of clear mind when he did it, led along by somebody else, somebody else was actually controlling his will, not in a zombie-like way, but because of his relationship to his brother. will it work? depends on the jury. if it does work, it would save him from execution. he could still be convicted of some lesser offense than use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people,...
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all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing transnational threat to the security of the united states with state actors such as china russia iran and north korea integrating theselii io thei intelligence gathering methods and warfare doctrine. malicious actors including terrorist organizations have also demonstrated awillingness and capability of cyberset means to attack u.s. interests. one final point with regard to cyberattacks that we need to keep in mind. behind these attacks are human beings and some are nonstate individuals, some are state sponsored network studies with increasing capabilities and harmful intentions to do damage to our national
all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing...
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intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents increasingly complex challenges and growing list of threat and adversary. and demands on the united states intelligence system have skyrocketed in recent years they are only expected to increase. the united states faces an uncertain security environment marked by a broad spectrum of dissimilar threat from nation states, nonnation state actors, highly adaptive transnaiol terrorist ne proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and looming and dangerous threat of cyberattacks against our defense coour nation'scritical infrastructure. i view this latte
intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents...
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it would expand that be on the department of defense so other u.s. government agencies could also have the same authorities we have been given as a result of that very helpful legislation, and also to address a different level of contracts in the past have been over $100,000. as would bring it down to a level below that. i do think we have had some improvement in that particular area as a result of that legislation. continuing to move in that direction would be very helpful. >> thank you. one last question. thechairman asked you about afghan interpreter's that were the subject of a recent piece in the new york times. i am very concerned about providing the kind of these as necessary often for the survival of these interpreters. providing the kind of visas necessary. do you have any observation about what we can do to improve the process? >> raising the visibility is important. i would put a personal face on it. one of the individuals waiting for a visa, who has applied to come back to the u.s. for many years was the interpreter that was with sergeant
it would expand that be on the department of defense so other u.s. government agencies could also have the same authorities we have been given as a result of that very helpful legislation, and also to address a different level of contracts in the past have been over $100,000. as would bring it down to a level below that. i do think we have had some improvement in that particular area as a result of that legislation. continuing to move in that direction would be very helpful. >> thank you....
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in fact, next week, we have a team led by the secretary of defense to work through this issue. this is not a new issue. i don't have the decision about the disposition of those the detainee's as we approach 2014. >> what would be the risk of not agreeing to a plan for these detainees? >> these people have to be kept behind bars. i don't know what the legal framework would be. an afghans have moved to evidence-based process for detention operations and will use a conflict from work. i'm not sure the afghan process would allow us to keep those third country natch -- nationals detained beyond 2014. we would have to look at that closely. >> thank you. mentioned 350,000 afghan forces which would not be the police force but the other forces? >> that is the aggregate of the police and the army left the afghan local police. three of 52,000 with the afghan uniformed police, the army, the border police and over that number, right now, is the afghan local police which are approved for a level of 30,000. >> how big a problem does attrition continued to be? >> it is a significant challenge.
in fact, next week, we have a team led by the secretary of defense to work through this issue. this is not a new issue. i don't have the decision about the disposition of those the detainee's as we approach 2014. >> what would be the risk of not agreeing to a plan for these detainees? >> these people have to be kept behind bars. i don't know what the legal framework would be. an afghans have moved to evidence-based process for detention operations and will use a conflict from work....
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>> the defense argument from mr. mcmahon was that there was insufficient evidence to prove viability that these babies were born alive. and he tied in the testimony. >> bill: how many more charges are against him? >> they still have five charges. >> bill: five? >> four babies that were born alive. eyewitness testimony. heard the babies crying, everything. and one woman that died. >> that's enough to get this guy put away for life. >> right. by the way tomorrow some congress people have written a letter to cbs, abc, and nbc news chief saying why aren't you covering this story? we are going to have the congresswoman on to signed that letter tomorrow. all right, ladies, thanks very much as always. jon stewart going after cnn over its terror bomb coverage. that report moments away. >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight, our pal jon stewart really pounding cnn over its terror bombing coverage. >> while all the other networks chose to have what you call it their anchor in the studio that kept the chaotic coverage fro
>> the defense argument from mr. mcmahon was that there was insufficient evidence to prove viability that these babies were born alive. and he tied in the testimony. >> bill: how many more charges are against him? >> they still have five charges. >> bill: five? >> four babies that were born alive. eyewitness testimony. heard the babies crying, everything. and one woman that died. >> that's enough to get this guy put away for life. >> right. by the way...
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in this case if it's determined his defense attorney can make the argument that the government wasn't a target here. he was just doing what his brother told him, so, therefore, the intent is not to blow up american citizens or it's not the government. it really is him just doing what he's told. obviously there's conspiracy. obviously there's federal charges and the fact that they were throwing bombs out the car at federal officers. so, the state and the federal court are both well equipped to handle both charges, both sets of charges. >> okay. karen desoto, kendall coffey, thank you both so much. >> thank you. >>> a fascinating backstory emerging this morning surrounding a boat parked in a driveway and how it provided the last chapter in the search for a terrorist. apital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited
in this case if it's determined his defense attorney can make the argument that the government wasn't a target here. he was just doing what his brother told him, so, therefore, the intent is not to blow up american citizens or it's not the government. it really is him just doing what he's told. obviously there's conspiracy. obviously there's federal charges and the fact that they were throwing bombs out the car at federal officers. so, the state and the federal court are both well equipped to...
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military that he quote likes the capacity in his own defense tool to has turned him into a vegetable so you pose them to the white house no admits they wrongly accused so for all twelve techniques from the cia torture manual kicking beatings with a cold out stress positions could phone books nudity exposure to freezing temperatures sleep deprivation over seven days a toy. threats of ill treatment forced shaving starvation and. he's now also brain damage he called recognize his mother's face but the pentagon photo is good it takes a toll to supporters just ten seconds to say waterboarding is both medieval and produces unreliable. everything completely goes all the way you know. you can't think about it in these mature waterboarding in the media they're not even getting near where waterboarding story they're just getting in the water in their sinuses it's when the water starts to push down and you start to gasp for air and when you take that gas. that's when it overrides your your cause will start pouring into your lungs and you start feeling it right about here and that's when you sta
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strikes a deal with imminent threats to define relatively narrowly could be justified as defense against attack. beyond that, one cannot what strikes against groups not covered by the aumf in the way we've seen on the public record. >> i didn't direct this to you, colonel mcsally, but what is your view on the constitution versus absent alliance on the aumf? >> sir, i am not a legal expert, but article ii of the constitution, that clearly is authorization of itself. where aumf comes in as many don't have the three criteria, but you have al qaeda, al qaeda leaders and affiliate specifically designated to the intelligence process in order to allow them to be legitimate targets. speaking broadly and in my work in africa on which has the highest level of scrutiny, it was a very high level in order to make the case individuals or organizations that the criteria. those discussions were at the highest levels before and it was approved. >> the next question for professor brooks and somin. yuko suggested one of the problems with the procedure is oversight is typically are determines how they do so
strikes a deal with imminent threats to define relatively narrowly could be justified as defense against attack. beyond that, one cannot what strikes against groups not covered by the aumf in the way we've seen on the public record. >> i didn't direct this to you, colonel mcsally, but what is your view on the constitution versus absent alliance on the aumf? >> sir, i am not a legal expert, but article ii of the constitution, that clearly is authorization of itself. where aumf comes...
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he said, i did put up a defense. it was the strong cross-examination that went on the last month of this trial. >> and i'm curious, did anyone expect the doctor to take the stand in his own defense at any point? >> i think that, you know, his defense attorney never said he would or he wouldn't, so we just didn't know. and today we learned that there was no one on the witness list. there was no one on the defense witness list, including gaznel and i think that defense attorney obviously felt that had his case in the cross-examination. he had a medical examiner on the stand who he was able to o get to say, i cannot definitely say ne of the fetuses were born alive. and maybe he felt that was the best he could do. >> lu ann, time line we are looking at, how much longer is this trial expected to go on? >> they are taking a break for the week because court wasn't in session on fridays anyway, so they will have closing arguments on monday. then it is expected to go to the jury on tuesday. >> lu ann cahn, thank you so much.
he said, i did put up a defense. it was the strong cross-examination that went on the last month of this trial. >> and i'm curious, did anyone expect the doctor to take the stand in his own defense at any point? >> i think that, you know, his defense attorney never said he would or he wouldn't, so we just didn't know. and today we learned that there was no one on the witness list. there was no one on the defense witness list, including gaznel and i think that defense attorney...
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theenator, i attended defense ministerial in brussels and defense ministers agreed they would provide a thousand- 10,000 forces. i think it is fair to say our coalition partners are very much looking to see what the u.s. contribution will be before making a commitment. in many cases, our partners will need u.s. enabling support before they are able to commit. i mean specifically, a casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, which they cannot provide but would need to be in place in order for them to be committed. that so, is there anything we should be doing -- >> so, is there anything we should be doing in the lead up to 2014 to provide those assurances to folks so everybody is in agreement on what happens? >> i know the president is deliberating now. as he makes a decision about the basic framework, he has already committed to president karzai as recently as january that we would be there in some significant way post 2014. as president obama makes a specific decision, i think it is scoy to be a cub all levels of all levels to engage colette -- i think it is going to be us at allon all
theenator, i attended defense ministerial in brussels and defense ministers agreed they would provide a thousand- 10,000 forces. i think it is fair to say our coalition partners are very much looking to see what the u.s. contribution will be before making a commitment. in many cases, our partners will need u.s. enabling support before they are able to commit. i mean specifically, a casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, which they cannot provide but would need to be in place in order for them...
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affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want to prosecute this guy in the federal court. having said that when the police came out and said that, you know, this is no longer a danger here. haven't they in essence destroyed the public safety exception by saying everything is okay, everybody can come out, all is well? >> here is the problem. they made that statement and then about ten minutes later they engaged the defendant. the accused. so all was not wl. and i understand the police were making the best effort. i think they did a heroic and fantastic job. i'm not sure that wou be dispositive. i think the who
affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want...
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the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it committed. >> is there anything we should be doing in the lead up to 2014 to provide those assurances to folks so everyone is in agreement on what happened? >> i do. i know the president is liberating now. as he makes a decision as far as the basic remarks, he has that wey committed would be there in some significant way post-2014. as he makes a specific decision i think it will be incumbent upon all of us to engage our coalition partners to ensure that we build the same effective coalition post 2014 that we have had over the past several years. i think it is a huge success story the way we brough
the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it...
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the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership development is a two, three, five-year process but we're moving in that direction. -- the right direction. afghan leadership are being held accountable by the afghan chain of command. when they fail to perform they're being dismissed and i think that's a positive sign. >> and that effort will really depend on the credibility and confidence and the integrity of the afghan army, won't it? >> over time effective military action is important. >> i'm very concerned and -- with the contracts involving taxpayer dollars of the united states that may go to -- in effect benefit our en
the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership...
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affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want to prosecute this guy in the federal court. having said that when the police came out and said that, you know, this is no longer a danger here. haven't they in essence destroyed the public safety exception by saying everything is okay, everybody can come out, all is well? >> here is the problem. they made that statement and then about ten minutes later they engaged the defendant. the accused. so all was not well. and i understand the police were making the best effort. i think they did a heroic and fantastic job. i'm not sure that would be dispositive. i think the
affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want...
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troops will be sent to jordan's border with syria to both of jordan's training and defense capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been unconfirmed reports that the u.s. agreed to deploy to pace with missile batteries at the border his response today in authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the jackpot a looser front to the most effective force fighting to topple assad recently confirmed it had links to al qaida something america claimed months before blacklisting the group as a terrorist organization but even after these revelations the head of the syrian national coalition them rela uniting political and military opposition groups and recognized by the majority of the friends of syria group referred to as brothers russia has warned the meeting in istanbul could have a negative effect in promoting dollars between the sides of the conflict and in its hopes common sense will prevail written off not seen from middle east. twenty five an hour from his past summer. more of this as world news now we're measuring six point six in
troops will be sent to jordan's border with syria to both of jordan's training and defense capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been unconfirmed reports that the u.s. agreed to deploy to pace with missile batteries at the border his response today in authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the jackpot a looser front to the most effective force fighting to topple assad recently confirmed it had links to al qaida something america...
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unwilling to do so the transfer of structures are difficult for example the choir the secretary of defense to personally certify that receiving state had taken steps to ensure that a prisoner can ever threaten the united states in the future whatever threaten might mean in that context. and obviously no state can guarantee that a future event will or will not occur but that was the point the point was to discourage transfers from guantanamo citizens of forty eight countries in total have been held in guantanamo since the opening of the prison in two thousand and two the majority of them were from afghanistan and over the years most of them have been transferred back to afghanistan the second largest group of captives were from saudi arabia then yemen then pakistan but you see the scope of the manhunt it included forty eight countries as of now it's not just yemeni nationals who are stuck in this legal limbo but the rest as well michael williams. senior advisor for guantanamo policy in the office of the legal advisor at the u.s. department of state testified before a human rights commission
unwilling to do so the transfer of structures are difficult for example the choir the secretary of defense to personally certify that receiving state had taken steps to ensure that a prisoner can ever threaten the united states in the future whatever threaten might mean in that context. and obviously no state can guarantee that a future event will or will not occur but that was the point the point was to discourage transfers from guantanamo citizens of forty eight countries in total have been...
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affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want to prosecute this guy in the federal court. having said that when the police came out and said that, you know, this is no longer a danger here. haven't they in essence destroyed the public safety exception by saying everything is okay, everybody can come out, all is well? >> here is the problem. they made that statement and then about ten minutes later they engaged the defendant. the accused. so all was not well. and i understand the police were making the best effort. i think they did a heroic and fantastic job. i'm not sure that would be dispositive. i think the
affirmative defense to the admissibility of a piece of evidence. they already made statements to the person they carjacked saying they did this. i'm not really wore relationshipped about prosecution here. this is a perfect example of when serious consideration should be he given to enemy combatant status and needs to be looked at seriously. >> judge jeanine: the obama administration has indicated they are going through the public safety exception but you all indications are that they want...
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i don't know whether it's morally defensible defensible. but in terms of national security in terms of self-preservation absolutely has the cia gone beyond its its mandate or beyond a point where. it is now actually hurting its own goals it that that's what that was my sense of the whole you know the guy hang in there with the right torture thing and is that this this is not helping us but it it may help in the short run but it certainly doesn't help in the long run and if you're if you're waging a war for hearts and minds. it's probably counterproductive what has happened to the and again correct me if i mean you know this is about i always thought that the f.b.i. did domestic the cia did international that there was a wall between the two they could communicate to a certain amount extent but they didn't step into each other's territory unless absolutely necessary is that still the case and if one did a system here's why i think it i think i think there is a separation colby was the director of central intelligence when the so-called famil
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department of defense. said we've reviewed their cases they're not a threat to the us and we don't want to keep them but they sitting one time oh because of their citizenship and most are from yemen and our argument is we don't trust the unity government to be responsible for but that's the same government we said the unity government gives us permission to conduct drone strikes and kill people so on one hand we trust the human a government to let us kill people but we don't trust the human a government to take their own citizens back so basically the administration seems to have no real interest in shutting this down as you just said that we've authorized millions of dollars to expand it and keep it in place what are we supposed to do to help these prisoners who are killing themselves right now to get their message across it's unfortunate that it takes those kind of drastic steps to get people to pay attention when you spend a decade of your life in confinement because your citizenship i've got a petition
department of defense. said we've reviewed their cases they're not a threat to the us and we don't want to keep them but they sitting one time oh because of their citizenship and most are from yemen and our argument is we don't trust the unity government to be responsible for but that's the same government we said the unity government gives us permission to conduct drone strikes and kill people so on one hand we trust the human a government to let us kill people but we don't trust the human a...
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and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance with common article three of the geneva convention. this was not done. civilian leaders and military commanders have an affirmative responsibility to ensure that their sub ard natures comply with the laws of war. president obama has committed to observe the geneva conventions through an executive order, about the a future president could change it by the stroke of a pen. congress, one of our recommendations, needs to work with the administration to strengthen torture statutes, the war crimes act, and the uniform code of military justice to remove the loopholes that allow tor
and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance...
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a defense of knowledge. it's not clear at all at this point whether dzhokhar knew the ramifications of what he was doi doing, or knew what if anything was in the backpack that he was carrying. we don't know what his brother told him. we don't know what he agreed to. we don't know if he felt under pressure or threat from his brother or from others. all of these are open questions that will need to be explored. >> and, tamar, this is one of the issues i wondered right away. when the statements were made that there's evidence of video of dzhokhar dropping a backpack and walking away callously, that is a very, very specific piece of evidence if in fact it's true. would that be the argument that a defense attorney perhaps someone like you would think of right away, does he even know what's in that backpack given the kind of person we now know his alleged co-conspirator to have been? >> absolutely. you know, knowledge, as i said, will be a key element here. and it will be something that the u.s. government is goin
a defense of knowledge. it's not clear at all at this point whether dzhokhar knew the ramifications of what he was doi doing, or knew what if anything was in the backpack that he was carrying. we don't know what his brother told him. we don't know what he agreed to. we don't know if he felt under pressure or threat from his brother or from others. all of these are open questions that will need to be explored. >> and, tamar, this is one of the issues i wondered right away. when the...
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tired army medical corps officer and a former senior adviser to the defense department says it might not be long before the strike turns fatal. typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks but all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force feeding the reason being is that it in fact disrupts what is most important which is establishing a constructive relationship were poorer with the hunger strikers and being able to discuss the terms of their protest the this is a they if they have it also. really overrides their autonomy which is very important in medicine we accept that as one of our ethical principles so that by and large most organizations across the world feel that it is not acceptable and in this particular case what it does not help resolve their grievances and help resolve the conflict that we're having between the detainees and the authorities. now allege the violatio
tired army medical corps officer and a former senior adviser to the defense department says it might not be long before the strike turns fatal. typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks but all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force feeding the reason being is that it in fact...
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japan seeing more missile defense contractors throughout the region receiving more money north korea is getting at least overtures from u.s. and south korea that they will get more. play at the negotiating table and china has so far managed to maintain north korea stopping it from time toppling so everyone has gotten what they want. out of this latest ploy so i think from here what we're going to see is at least some sort of attempt at some sort of talks but how fruitful those talks will be is i think another matter entirely when you talk about hopeful talks and hopeful fruitful talks so james i'm running very low on time a very quickly though if i may china is warning that a fourth nuclear bomb test in north korea could be imminent what is the north trying to prove at this point now well again those promises aren't worth the paper they're not written on that we've heard this rhetoric before so far nothing has materialized so i don't think we should believe it until we see it but at any rate i think it just has to be seen as part of the of the game that's being played right now anywa
japan seeing more missile defense contractors throughout the region receiving more money north korea is getting at least overtures from u.s. and south korea that they will get more. play at the negotiating table and china has so far managed to maintain north korea stopping it from time toppling so everyone has gotten what they want. out of this latest ploy so i think from here what we're going to see is at least some sort of attempt at some sort of talks but how fruitful those talks will be is...
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the defense resting. a.b., how about this in context, big picture and the white house's choice to move forward with this speech. >> we've noted that the gosnell trial didn't receive very much coverage at first. now it's a big national story and a lot of people are paying attention to it. people are horrified, those that are pro life and pro choice. women, men, everybody. and this is an interesting choice. you know, last week the white house spokesman was asked about this and didn't have a statement ready, which was sort of -- you know, they knew it would be coming and they didn't have something to say. now speaking to planned parent 45 hood is particularly tricky since the head of the pennsylvania planned parenthood chapter conceded that, yes, people came to pennsylvania planned parenthood clinics complaining about the services provided at gosnell's clinics and planned parenthood did not follow through. they said you can write a letter to the department of health but they did not seek any inquiry into wha
the defense resting. a.b., how about this in context, big picture and the white house's choice to move forward with this speech. >> we've noted that the gosnell trial didn't receive very much coverage at first. now it's a big national story and a lot of people are paying attention to it. people are horrified, those that are pro life and pro choice. women, men, everybody. and this is an interesting choice. you know, last week the white house spokesman was asked about this and didn't have a...
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defense secretary dime israel with a promise. the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of optical illusion. iron dome is a missile defense system credited by israel with destroying nearly 0% of the rockets fired at it during the last conflict with palestinians in gaza. not everyone is convinced. because the incoming rockets are invisible to the naked eye a handful of skeptics say we might be witnessing the missiles themselves self drurkting without hitting anything. >> i don't know exactly what happened. would like to have an answer. how me your infrared videos. >> israel's enemies get the importance of the system. this internet video claiming responsibility for the recent attack ended with a taunting message that iron dome did not stop it. the truth is not man
defense secretary dime israel with a promise. the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of optical illusion. iron dome is a missile defense system credited by israel with destroying nearly 0% of the rockets fired at it...
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well in afghanistan everyone from department of defense officials to foreign journalists depend on afghans to translate interpret find them interviews and more just to get their jobs done and while these translators are paid for their work it doesn't come without significant risk now these are combat situations and the taliban and other groups target these afghans who help americans these interpreters many were promised to be says in exchange for their critical help and expertise now the state department has a backlog of lease applications that were promised with the u.s. troops who are pulling out of afghanistan at record pace and bases are closing hundreds of these afghanistan angels are finding themselves without jobs or the protection that comes with being with the u.s. military now for these who have aided the troops and are leaving them are we in fact leaving them high and dry as we withdraw from afghanistan r t producer amir david joined me earlier and filled us in on the latest. well just to give you an idea there are ten thousand afghan interpreters right now working on u.s. bases
well in afghanistan everyone from department of defense officials to foreign journalists depend on afghans to translate interpret find them interviews and more just to get their jobs done and while these translators are paid for their work it doesn't come without significant risk now these are combat situations and the taliban and other groups target these afghans who help americans these interpreters many were promised to be says in exchange for their critical help and expertise now the state...
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if this does make it to trial, the defense strategy is clear. all they want to do is avoid the death penalty. with us, rebecca rosewoodland live in the studio. it's my understanding this guy has a pretty good defense team. a high profile attorney about whom we have information. >> we have a lot of information. miriam conrad is the head of what we call the public defenders office. he said in his hospital bed, the one word he said was, no meaning i cannot afford an attorney. under our constitution we provide defendants with attorneys. we're providing him with this woman who is known, a known defense attorney, she defended the shoe bomber. >> shepard: richard reed. >> she defended him. she has herself, a man named mr. fisk, a yale educated, highly prominent defense attorney and they'll call in death penalty experts. >> shepard: you have to figure that -- i don't know what grounds they'll take. i guess try to say the older brother brainwashed him. >> in this situation, when -- we're not sure yet about the death penalty. but they have to start prepar
if this does make it to trial, the defense strategy is clear. all they want to do is avoid the death penalty. with us, rebecca rosewoodland live in the studio. it's my understanding this guy has a pretty good defense team. a high profile attorney about whom we have information. >> we have a lot of information. miriam conrad is the head of what we call the public defenders office. he said in his hospital bed, the one word he said was, no meaning i cannot afford an attorney. under our...
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to illustrate, you may remember chilean a former defense minister who had been ousted and imprisoned and tortured alternately came to the united states and was outspoken against the chilean military dictatorship. the chilean military decided in the context of the ongoing insurgency in chile that they did not like every much and so chilean intelligence put a car bomb in his car in d.c. our government call that murder at that time. my concern right now is that we have -- because of the gap between these two legal paradigms in the extreme secrecy and lack of transparency in which these decisions take place, right now, if we can imagine that those circumstances occurred today, i would assume that the chilean military government would be saying to the united states, what is your objection? he is an enemy of the chilean state, you are unwilling or unable to do anything about it, we asked you, you harbored him, and so we had to take matters into our own hands. thatwould reasonably reply is our decision to make. and we don't have to tell you the basis on which we made it. my broad role of la
to illustrate, you may remember chilean a former defense minister who had been ousted and imprisoned and tortured alternately came to the united states and was outspoken against the chilean military dictatorship. the chilean military decided in the context of the ongoing insurgency in chile that they did not like every much and so chilean intelligence put a car bomb in his car in d.c. our government call that murder at that time. my concern right now is that we have -- because of the gap...
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show hid batar executive director with the bill of rights defense committee and corey saylor national legislative director at the council on american islamic relations thank you all for joining us tonight even in trying to stop coughing here producing. most of the media actually first of all i'm curious show head to in your thoughts is it possible for us to fight terrorism without infringing on civil liberties absolutely and there are any number of novel policy solutions that the policy establishment hasn't even quite frankly seriously considered domestic agricultural policy right and subsidies for corporate agribusiness have a huge role in facilitating food insecurity in the developing world and this phenomenon of growing more corn for instance than we can possibly use dumping it below the cost of production in other countries driving their indigenous food production out of the market and then runners them subject to commodity price shocks and that's a recipe across human history for instability and revolution textile tariffs right we have a more favorable regime with respect to text
show hid batar executive director with the bill of rights defense committee and corey saylor national legislative director at the council on american islamic relations thank you all for joining us tonight even in trying to stop coughing here producing. most of the media actually first of all i'm curious show head to in your thoughts is it possible for us to fight terrorism without infringing on civil liberties absolutely and there are any number of novel policy solutions that the policy...
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according to the iraqi defense ministry the truth is that they beat the. government in the meanwhile the protesters say that they were simply staging an. open fire along a preceding. bomb. in the southern baghdad neighborhood of. tens of thousands of iraq. the area. again i knew mr noir amahl to be in recent months now if you. are doing their minority community. do them from job also completing the. anti-terrorism laws that have been specifically. in the last few years and. violence dozens of. bombings. last week because. a lot action the trials on the. channel there. and the runoff. election. in the. problems. are and will. very much and i'm. going to come. now. and jim brann of the stop the war coalition told us a bit earlier in the program that simply put the ongoing violence in iraq is an extension of the devastating war the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better but
according to the iraqi defense ministry the truth is that they beat the. government in the meanwhile the protesters say that they were simply staging an. open fire along a preceding. bomb. in the southern baghdad neighborhood of. tens of thousands of iraq. the area. again i knew mr noir amahl to be in recent months now if you. are doing their minority community. do them from job also completing the. anti-terrorism laws that have been specifically. in the last few years and. violence dozens of....
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i started out writing blog articles for aol defense and u.s. naval institute. i then wrote an article with a lot of controversy. sometimes not brought to me directly. and then i wrote the book and i'm very appreciative to the naval war college for the academic freedoms that it very much supporters that allows me to write the book, to talk about the book had to really voice my own opinions. this is some thing again the naval war college of all the professional military war colleges and army war college and marine work college and national defense university, the naval war college. of those, i consider the naval war college for in the faculty member to be the flagship academic institution because of its strong defense of academic freedom and its increasing willingness to go out and find faculty who are willing to kind of be in-house heretics. i'm always very careful on occasions like this to say when i'm talking, i'm talking for myself. being able to do that is sent and that's not always the case at all of the other pme institutions. i take advantage of my positi
i started out writing blog articles for aol defense and u.s. naval institute. i then wrote an article with a lot of controversy. sometimes not brought to me directly. and then i wrote the book and i'm very appreciative to the naval war college for the academic freedoms that it very much supporters that allows me to write the book, to talk about the book had to really voice my own opinions. this is some thing again the naval war college of all the professional military war colleges and army war...
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and does it want to let the defense department get into the drone business, if you will? it goes back to 9/11. after 9/11, the united states was attacked and needed a response. and we saw the cia becoming less of an intelligence agency and more of a paramilitary agency involving drones, involving missions to go out and find people and kill people. that has functioned for about the last ten years. will we see now a shift? going back to the cia, taking its traditional role of gathering intelligence, working with foreign intelligence agencies and shifting the lethal operations back to the military which is much more comfortable about talking about these things, where there are already established lines of oversight. >> pick up on that point a little bit. as you know, we have a new director of the cia, john brennan who in the past has advocated for that move from the cia to the d.o.d. do you think he still sees that as a valuable move now that he is the one in charge of the cia? >> well, it is an interesting question. he was in some ways the driving force behind this idea. i
and does it want to let the defense department get into the drone business, if you will? it goes back to 9/11. after 9/11, the united states was attacked and needed a response. and we saw the cia becoming less of an intelligence agency and more of a paramilitary agency involving drones, involving missions to go out and find people and kill people. that has functioned for about the last ten years. will we see now a shift? going back to the cia, taking its traditional role of gathering...
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this interrogation team wait to go interrogate this suspect is made up of cia, fbi and department of defense and u.s. attorney. how do you investigate a guy like this? >> he will be interrogated. all you can do is write his answers down. this will happen. it will happen as soon as possible. they are not going to give them a lot of leeway here. there are important questions they have to follow up on from an operational standpoint. people want to ask why did you do this? important is who helped you? who was your brother in contact with during his time overseas. was there a support structure we can get on immediately. there are literally at the door of his hospital room standing by as soon as it is able to happen he was on him. >> can you tell us about this and that and the guy says, you know what, i don't want to tell you about anything. you have a cold blooded killer or someone alleged to be that. you think he is going to just breakdown and friendly say, yeah, i'll tell you why my brother did this and we were funded by this one. you think talking to him you are going to get him to spill the b
this interrogation team wait to go interrogate this suspect is made up of cia, fbi and department of defense and u.s. attorney. how do you investigate a guy like this? >> he will be interrogated. all you can do is write his answers down. this will happen. it will happen as soon as possible. they are not going to give them a lot of leeway here. there are important questions they have to follow up on from an operational standpoint. people want to ask why did you do this? important is who...
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in the courtroom today the defense resumes its case. yesterday gosnell's attorney convinced the judge to throw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against gosnell saying the prosecution had not proved those three babies are born alive after abortions. jon? >> what a horrible story. molly, thank you. jenna: well with other news today, more trouble for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. why the government says he owes them millions of dollars and what they're doing to get the money. he owes the government. does that mean he owes us, jon? are we part of that too? jon: we paid a lot of money for the stamps that footed that bill. jenna: a once in a lifetime moment as all the living presidents and first ladies are expected to be in one place tomorrow. it is for the official dedication of the george w. bush presidential library. we're there live. next. our landing time got moved back another hour. ( crowd chatters and groans ) hunger creeping up on you ? stash a ritz crackerfuls. made with real cheese and whole grain. don't get
in the courtroom today the defense resumes its case. yesterday gosnell's attorney convinced the judge to throw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against gosnell saying the prosecution had not proved those three babies are born alive after abortions. jon? >> what a horrible story. molly, thank you. jenna: well with other news today, more trouble for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. why the government says he owes them millions of dollars and what they're doing to get the...
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this interrogation team wait to go interrogate this suspect is made up of cia, fbi and department of defense and u.s. attorney. how do you investigate a guy like this? >> he will be interrogated. all you can do is write his answers down. this will happen. it will happen as soon as possible. they are not going to give them a lot of leeway here. there are important questions they have to follow up on from an operational standpoint. people want to ask why did you do this? important is who helped you? who was your brother in contact with during his time overseas. was there a support structure we can get on immediately. there are literally at the door of his hospital room standing by as soon as it is able to happen he was on him. >> can you tell us about this and that and the guy says, you know what, i don't want to tell you about anything. you have a cold blooded killer or someone alleged to be that. you think he is going to just breakdown and friendly say, yeah, i'll tell you why my brother did this and we were funded by this one. you think talking to him you are going to get him to spill the b
this interrogation team wait to go interrogate this suspect is made up of cia, fbi and department of defense and u.s. attorney. how do you investigate a guy like this? >> he will be interrogated. all you can do is write his answers down. this will happen. it will happen as soon as possible. they are not going to give them a lot of leeway here. there are important questions they have to follow up on from an operational standpoint. people want to ask why did you do this? important is who...
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they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid. >> let me also just and brief mention on the political part of the question. there's a lot like, not in my backyard for a project in this regard. there's a strong feeling among many, both sides of the political aisle, that these people that were brought to justice, put in a prison would be a danger to the united states, security problem for the united states. that has not proven to be true in other terrorist actions. the civil courts, the federal courts have been able to try these cases, get convictions. i think there's something like 300 prisoners that fall under the rub
they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid....
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israel has accomplished extraordinary achievements whether in technology, business, agriculture or defense. its innovations and advancements contribute to the daily lives of all americans. for example, some of the most important technology we use every day, including instant messenger, voice mail and computer processor was developed in israel. me medical is saving us. and israeli developed medical technologies are protecting american troops. mr. speaker, our partnership with israel is not just an investment in american jobs and american prosperity, but investment in freedom and democracy, simply put, investing in israel is investing in america and we must continue to maintain our strong relationship with the state of israel. i ask my colleagues to congratulate israel on her 65th anniversary independent day and reaffirm the lasting partnership between our two countries. thank you. ms. frankel: thank you, mr. murphy. i have the privilege of introducing the distinguished ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, representative engel from the great state of new york. mr. engel: i
israel has accomplished extraordinary achievements whether in technology, business, agriculture or defense. its innovations and advancements contribute to the daily lives of all americans. for example, some of the most important technology we use every day, including instant messenger, voice mail and computer processor was developed in israel. me medical is saving us. and israeli developed medical technologies are protecting american troops. mr. speaker, our partnership with israel is not just...
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department of defense of said we've reviewed their cases they're not a threat to the u.s. and we don't want to keep them but they sitting one time oh because of their citizenship and most are from yemen and our argument is we don't trust the unity government to be responsible for but that's the same government we said the unity government gives us permission to conduct drone strikes and kill people so on one hand we trust the mini government to let us kill people but we don't trust the human a government to take their own citizens back so. basically the administration seems to have no real interest in shutting this down as you just said that we've authorized millions of dollars to expand it and keep it in place what we supposed to do to help these prisoners who are killing themselves right now to get their message across it's unfortunate that it takes those kind of drastic steps to get people to pay attention when you spend a decade of your life in confinement because your citizenship i've got a petition coming out on change dot org i'm working with them and with the witne
department of defense of said we've reviewed their cases they're not a threat to the u.s. and we don't want to keep them but they sitting one time oh because of their citizenship and most are from yemen and our argument is we don't trust the unity government to be responsible for but that's the same government we said the unity government gives us permission to conduct drone strikes and kill people so on one hand we trust the mini government to let us kill people but we don't trust the human a...